[HPforGrownups] Who will Die (Was Re: Harry As Survivor)

[Shannon Compton]

No: HPFGUIDX 30717

At 03:38 AM 12/4/2001 -0000, Molly wrote:

>  HOWEVER.... I beg to differ with you about Ron and Hermione. I 
>don't know which one (or both) will be taken, but I'm certain that 
>one will meet with a highly tragic end inspiring some very heroic 
>action on Potter's part leading up to the climax of the entire 
>series. I'm leaning toward saying Hermoine, since she is the female, 
>but then again, she's always proved herself so smart and resourceful 
>in the past, she's not one to play the "damsel in distress."  It 
>could be both Ron and Hermoine, who, involved in a romantic 
>relationship, die a similar death to the Potters, defending each 
>other. 

I just have this gut feeling that Our Heroes, all three of them, will live
through all the books.  People speculate a lot on Ron, but I read an
interview with Rowling (it was linked from The Leaky Cauldron website,
can't remember which one it was though) where she commented on how people
always beg her not to kill Ron and she says, "As if I'd kill Harry's best
friend." That could be just a bit of misdirection, but I think it'd be
entirely too cruel to say something like that and then go ahead and kill
him off anyway. And I agree that Hermione can probably hold her own pretty
well. I think they'll all make it.  All bets are off on anyone
else...though it pains me to even consider that Hagrid, Sirius or Lupin
might die.

Shannon